Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Electrical, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Household Goods & Home Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the FTSE 100 gained 2.32%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE 100 were Babcock International Group (LONDON:BAB), which rose 9.39% or 93.00 points to trade at 1083.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Centrica Plc (LONDON:CNA) added 8.08% or 20.80 points to end at 278.20 and St James`S Place (LONDON:SJP) was up 7.24% or 65.00 points to 962.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Glencore Xstrata Plc (LONDON:GLEN), which fell 0.25% or 0.75 points to trade at 302.60 at the close. Randgold Resources (LONDON:RRS) declined 0.23% or 11.00 points to end at 4764.00 and Fresnillo Plc (LONDON:FRES) was up 0.35% or 2.50 points to 706.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 2089 to 521 and 456 ended unchanged.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.49% or 5.80 to $1188.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.98% or 0.58 to hit $59.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $65.61 a barrel.
GBP/USD was up 1.26% to 1.5437, while EUR/GBP fell 1.64% to 0.7268.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 94.80.